Dr. Maureen Butler is executive vice president of Vistra Communications and an adjunct professor of accounting at The University of Tampa where she teaches financial management in the graduate-level Certificate in Nonprofit Management program. Prior to joining Vistra, Dr. Butler was on the faculty of the University of South Florida and then tenured at The University of Tampa. Dr. Butler served in the US Army Finance Corps. She is a certified public accountant, licensed in Virginia and Florida. Dr. Butler also has experience consulting and providing accounting services to small businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Dr. Butler holds a bachelor’s in accounting from Syracuse University and a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas. She has been actively involved with several nonprofit organizations and schools, formerly serving as a member and treasurer of the Nonprofit Leadership Center board of directors. She is currently a member of the Hillsborough Education Foundation Program Oversight Committee and works with CEOs in Schools.

Vistra is ranked the area’s top public relations firm in the Tampa Bay Business Journal, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 Small Business of the Year in the 21-50 employees category and the 2016 SBA South Florida District Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Year.